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West Van woman acquitted of human trafficking claims police impropriety

The North Shore has lost a modern master. Fred Thornton Hollingsworth, the architect who helped pioneer West Coast modernism and shaped the post-war look of residential North Vancouver, died April 10 at the age of 98.

The District of West Vancouver is talking to the City of Vancouver about joining forces on an independent environmental assessment of the oil spill that continued to wash up on Burrard Inlet beaches this week.

City of North Vancouver council is moving ahead with a slightly toned down version of its grandiose plans for the Shipyards.

The Big Book of Hair Metal by Martin Popoff. Voyageur Press, 224 pages, $33.

Galleries Artemis Gallery 104C-4390 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. Tuesday-Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. 778-233-9805 artemisgallery.ca Radix: Sculptures by Bill Stewart and photography by Shannon Browne will be on display until May 3.

After seeing the sheen of bunker fuel spreading across English Bay and globs of toxic black oil washing up on the West Vancouver shoreline - coupled with a publicly perceived inadequate response to the incident - North Shore residents are left wonder

North Shore politicians say it is “absurd” that an arcane deal involving the City of Vancouver and B.C. government could shut Lions Gate Bridge to private vehicles by 2030 without an alternative plan to replace the “critical artery.

Why did the chicken cross the road? “That’s a good question. If only we knew,” says Dragana Hajdukovic, branch manager of the West Vancouver SPCA.

A North Vancouver woman accused of sabotaging mountain biking trails is expected to plead guilty to a criminal charge in the case.